Modeling of Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) of Full-Depth Reclaimed Base Materials Stabilized with Portland Cement Using Evolutionary Polynomial Regression

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Department of Civil Engineering, Sirjan University of Technology, Sirjan, Iran

Abstract

In the present study, Evolutionary Polynomial Regression (EPR) technique is employed to develop a mathematical model to estimate the USC of Full Depth reclaimed (FDR) materials stabilized with Portland cement. To this end, a dataset containing 62 records from experimental studies related to unconfined compressive strength of full-depth reclaimed (FDR) base stabilized with Portland cement were used. Percentage of cement, percentage of RAP, percent passing of #200 sieve, optimum moisture content, and curing time were considered as independent variables. The results show that EPR has a great capability for prediction of the UCS in case of FDR base stabilized with Portland cement.

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